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More Medical Malpractice News

Posted on October 14, 2009
Medical Malpractice Law News is happy to announce that we have added a new resource to bring you more timely medical malpractice news. We have added the latest headlines on medical malpractice topics from the Kaiser Health News resource in our right column, just below the Google news feeds...

Massachusetts: Operating Room Fall Lawsuit Settles for $900,000

Posted on October 14, 2009
From The Boston Globe ? Two years to the day after a women's tragic fall from an operating room table following hip surgery, has reached a settlement. According to the report..."The settlement halted a trial that was set for today and saved Boston University?s teaching hospital a potentially embarrassing trip to Suffolk Superior Court...

Arizona Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settles

Posted on August 10, 2009
According to the ClaimsJournal.com, an Arizona medical malpractice case has settled for $312,000 to be paid to the plaintiff. The case involved "a boy who suffered permanent injuries during childbirth more than six years ago.""According to a medical malpractice claim, the medical staff at Maricopa Medical Center failed to offer Estela Cruz a Cesarean section in May 2003 despite ultrasound scans

Medical Malpractice Payments Fall, While Health Care Cost Rise

Posted on July 17, 2009
A new report out by Public Citizen shows that medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but the decline almost certainly indicates that a lower percentage of injured patients received compensation, not that health safety has improved...

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NYT Opines on Med Mal and Health Care Reform

Posted on June 17, 2009
Here's an editorial from the New York Times, published June 17, 2009: Malpractice and Health Care Reform President Obama?s promise to help doctors limit their vulnerability to malpractice lawsuits is a reasonable offer, but only if malpractice reform is done carefully...

NEJM Looks at Medical Liability in Health Care Reform

Posted on June 15, 2009
The New England Journal of Medicine takes a look at medical liability reform at the federal level. The article, The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform, provides a bit of background on the topic of tort reform and sees "at least three reasons why government champions of health care reform might consider bundling medical liability reform...

New York Med Mal Payouts Stable

Posted on June 08, 2009
An article in the Insurance Journal reports Data Show New York Malpractice Payouts Steady."The federal data show 2,000 to 2,400 malpractice payments in New York each of the past 15 years. Total payments were $515 million in 1993. Horner said after adjusting for inflation, the cost has held relatively stable...

New York Considers Change in Statute of Limitations for Medical Negligence Lawsuits

Posted on June 04, 2009
ALBANY, NY ? A group of cancer patients and victims families in New York is pressing the legislature there to revise the malpractice laws to change the start date of the 2 1/2-year statute of limitations on medical negligence lawsuits from the date of discovery instead of from the time the medical mistake is made...

Rhode Island Jury Awards $4 Million for Medical Negligence

Posted on May 17, 2009
PROVIDENCE, RI ? The Providence Journal reports that a Superior Court jury awarded a man $4 million for a doctor's negligence.The jury awarded "$1.5 million for physical pain, $1.5 million for mental suffering, $500,000 for disfigurement and $500,000 for lost wages...

In Wisconsin, $17.3 Million Settlement in Spleen Removal Case

Posted on April 30, 2009
Wisconsin's medical malpractice fund will pay a $17.3 million settlement to the family of a girl who was injured during a spleen removal surgery. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the surgeon, used a procedure using small holes in the abdomen as opposed to a large incision...

Harvard Study Finds Reduced Malpractice Rate Tied To Use of Electronic Medical Records

Posted on March 08, 2009
A Harvard Study has determined that lower malpractice rates for healthcare providers are tied to the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). Leading medical record retrieval service provider, MedSave USA, concurs with this assessment and indicates that overall, a greater accuracy is reported with the use of EMRs...

State Round-up Medical Malpractice Laws

Posted on March 06, 2009
Over at TortsProf Blog, published today, a quick summary of legislation and reform laws related to medical malpractice law.Hawaii's House Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that could lead to caps on noneconomic damages in med mal claims against doctors in five specialties...

Jury Says Hospital At Fault for Nurse Trainee Misreading Fetal Heart Monitor -- Awards $4.4 Million in Birth Injury

Posted on February 22, 2009
This via Cerebral Palsy Law News...South Carolina Jury Awards $4.4 Million in Birth InjuryA York County jury awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a child who suffered a brain injury at birth leading to cerebral palsy diagnosis. The award was against Piedmont Hospital...

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Perennial Powerhouse Lubin & Meyer

Posted on February 10, 2009
BOSTON ? Medical malpractice lawyers at law firm Lubin & Meyer PC top the charts once again in the annual listing by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly of the largest verdicts and settlements of the year. Each January, the publication compiles the top verdicts of the year and top settlements of $1 million or more...

Las Vegas, Nevada: Med Mal Jury Award Is $2.5M

Posted on February 05, 2009
Las Vegas ReviewJournal reports that a Clark County District Court jury awarded $2.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The suit contended that a physician and nurse were negligent and in not diagnosing a women's cancer. According to the report: "Nevada caps malpractice lawsuit awards at $350,000 for pain and suffering...

In N.H. Lawmakers Battle over Med Mal Screening Panels

Posted on January 18, 2009
An article in the Manchester Union Leader reports on the battle shaping up between lawmakers who want to repeal the medical malpractice screening panels law, and hospitals and doctors who feel the law is working. Click on the headline to read the full article, Lawmakers face battle over malpractice law.

Injury Law News - Publish Your Successes

Posted on January 13, 2009
Stay up to date with injury law news with our sister news sites: Cerebral Palsy Law NewsVermont Personal Injury NewsMassachusetts Personal Injury News NH Medical Malpractice NewsIf you have specific verdict or settlement information that is on topic that you'd like covered in one of these online publications, please submit a trial report or published news link here...

Trial Report for $13.5 Million Dana-Farber Medical Malpractice Verdict Now Online

Posted on January 10, 2009
Boston medical malpractice law firm Lubin & Meyer has just posted to its web site, the trial report for its recent $13.5 million jury verdict in a medical negligence lawsuit against doctors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The news of the verdict was announced in a Boston Globe article, previously reported on by this news blog (here), but the trial report offers much more detail on the case

Doctors' fear of lawsuits tied to added costs of $1.4b - The Boston Globe

Posted on November 18, 2008
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Pennsylvania jury awards $20.5 million in medical malpractice case

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Times Tribune reports that a Lackawanna County, PA, jury awarded $20.5 million in a medical malpractice suit related to a boy's medical problems caused by mistakes made at his birth. It is one of the largest awards in recent years. According to the news report, "No medical malpractice jury verdict in the seven counties of Northeast Pennsylvania has exceeded $10 million from 2000 to 2007,

Dana-Farber Lawsuit Over Hospital Infection Death Brings $13.5 Million in Boston

Posted on November 06, 2008
BOSTON, MA - According to a Boston Globe report, a jury has awarded $13.5 million (including interest) to the family of woman who died from "a massive infection by a flesh-eating bacteria" while undergoing experimental cancer treatment from Dana-Farber Hospital...

Effects of Arkansas Tort Reform Being Weighed by Insurance Commissioner

Posted on November 06, 2008
According to an article in the Arkansas Times, Fewer medical malpractice suits, tort reform legislation in Act 649 has reduced the number of medical malpractice suits filed in the state. But says the article, the effect of Act 649 on insurance premiums is less clear...

NJ Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient for Denial of Interpreter

Posted on October 21, 2008
From Law.com: "A Hudson County jury's $400,000 verdict for a deaf patient whose doctor refused her an interpreter may be a wake-up call for all professionals -- including lawyers -- that they risk liability for disability discrimination. Worse, malpractice liability insurance does not usually cover such liability, says plaintiff's attorney Clara Smit...

In New Hampshire, Medical Errors Need Not Be Reported

Posted on October 13, 2008
Two articles in the Union Leader this week report on the fact that in New Hampshire, hospitals are not required to report medical errors, or as the article calls them, "never events." "...unlike 27 other states, New Hampshire does not require hospitals to report serious, preventable medical errors to the state, to the patient or to the family left behind if the patient dies as a result of the

Utah: VA Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on October 11, 2008
The Salt Lake City Tribune carries the news of Feds settle medical malpractice lawsuit. "The U.S. government has agreed to pay a former Lindon family nearly $1 million to settle a medical malpractice case" for a man who treated at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City...

Texas Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Medical Malpractice Caps

Posted on October 10, 2008
From the Southeast Texas Record is this report of a woman filing a medical malpractice claim against against the surgeon who performed her cataract surgery which resulted in a detached retina. In the suit, she claims the doctor was negligent in failing to properly monitor her after surgery...

Andrew Meyer on Rebecca Riley Wrongful Death Lawsuit - Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Drugs

Posted on September 17, 2008
Here is the interview with renowned Boston medical malpractice attorney Andrew Meyer on WGBH's 'Greater Boston' with Emily Rooney. The case involves diagnosis of a 2 and a half year old child (Rebecca Riley) with bipolar disorder, who died of over medication...

Surgical "Time Out" Is New Safety Check at Beth Israel

Posted on September 02, 2008
In this Boston Herald article, Report points out OR staff lapse in Hub surgical error, more information is available on a hospital's response to wrong side surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. It involves compliance standards including a surgical "time out" and special markers to indicate the spot of surgery...

Wyeth v. Levine and the Right To Sue

Posted on August 17, 2008
There has been a lot of press related to the case before the Supreme Court, Wyeth v. Levine, being watched as a potential landmark ruling that would make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to protect themselves from product liability lawsuits. This article on Pharmalot does a good job of wrapping up the loose ends with links to original material...

What is a medical error? Here's a list of 28 things that should never happen in a hospital

Posted on August 15, 2008
This list of 28 errors that should never happen is part of an article on MSNBC: More states shred bills for awful medical errors. The list is created by the National Quality Forum, a nonprofit health care safety agency, it includes: 1. Surgery on the wrong body part...

California Jury Awards $8.5 Million But Medical Malpractice Limits Reduce Award

Posted on August 11, 2008
The San Jose Mercury News reports from Modesto, CA that: "A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the widow of a man who died on the day a surgeon was going to discharge him from the hospital. Because of medical malpractice limits, 38-year-old Holly Stinnett likely will receive only $1...

In Massachusetts: Most "Wrong-Spot Surgeries" Are Spinal

Posted on July 30, 2008
Today's Boston Globe carries this article, Most surgery in wrong spot done on spine, which states since 2006, Mass. surgeons have operated in the wrong location on patients 38 times ? 11 of those times were spinal surgeries. See full article here...

New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually

Posted on July 29, 2008
Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). In a study published in the July 28 issue of the journal Health Services Research, AHRQ's William E...

Pittsburgh Med-Mal Jury Finds Hospital Negligent, Awards $0 Damages

Posted on July 28, 2008
This via Law.com's The Legal Intelligencer... "Pittsburgh attorneys are seeking a new trial in a medical malpractice case in which a jury found a hospital negligent in a patient's death but awarded $0 survival damages because the jury said "no amount of damages will adequately punish" the hospital...

Ouch! Surgeon Apologizes for Operating on Wrong Side

Posted on July 22, 2008
To err is human; to apologize divine? A surgeon in Boston recently operated on the wrong side of a patient (see Boston Globe blog entry: Surgeon operates on patient's wrong side) despite much effort by the industry and Beth Deaconess Medical Center to avoid just this type of medical error through use of a "time out" and other practices and procedures...

ABA Medical Malpractice Media Kit - Good Backgrounder

Posted on July 15, 2008
While these resources are not extremely fresh, they are part of the current ABA media kit on medical malpractice. This mini-site includes, ABA commentary and policy/letters as well links to resources including, but not limited to: Medical Malpractice FAQThe ABA on Federal Legislation to Limit a Patient?s Right to CompensationA Harvard School of Public Health study that Casts Doubt on Claims That

RI Jury Awards $2 Million for Medical Malpractice

Posted on June 14, 2008
PROVIDENCE ? A jury has awarded $2 million to a Warwick, RI, man who claimed he suffered brain damage due to substandard care after open heart surgery at Rhode Island Hospital. A Superior Court jury awarded him $2 million following nearly two days of deliberation and a 19-day trial, according to this Providence Journal report...

Top Med Mal Verdicts & Settlements in MA for 2008*

Posted on June 13, 2008
This via Law Links | Health Links: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has compiled its Top Verdicts & Settlements for 2008 (* as of its June 2, 2008 issue) and medical malpractice lawsuits are again prominent. Four of the top five settlements were medical malpractice cases: $6 million for birth injury $5 million for delay in diagnosis of cancer $5 million for misdiagnosed cardiac arrest $4...

Milwaukee Jury Awards $10 Million in Hospital Malpractice

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on a jury award for a man with multiple sclerosis who suffered injury as the result of a spinal injection while in the hospital. According to the report, nearly half the award is for pain and suffering. It is interesting to note that the injury occurred shortly before a $750,000 cap on damages for pain and suffering went into effect...

North Carolina To Publish Med Mal Data?

Posted on June 01, 2008
The News & Observer reports that the North Carolina Medical Board proposes posting physician malpractice data to the web in an article: Doctors fight malpractice Web site. "The Web site would note that malpractice payments don't always suggest negligence...

New York Hospital Ordered to Pay $17M for Injury to Mother During Caesarean

Posted on May 28, 2008
ROCHESTER, N.Y. ? Legal Newsline reports that A New York jury ordered Strong Memorial Hospital to pay a former patient more than $17 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The case involved a woman who claimed a Caesarean delivery damaged her organs...

Jury Awards $4.45M for Medical Malpractice by ER Doc in Indiana

Posted on May 25, 2008
HAMMOND, IN ? The Times of Munster Indiana (May 20, 2008) reports that a jury awared $4.45 million to a family after finding an emergency doctor responsible for medical malpractice in the death of 45-year-old man who "died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm about 12 hours after being discharged from St...

State Roundup: Medical Malpractice Laws

Posted on May 14, 2008
Louisiana: The Louisiana House rejected legislation that would have expanded coverage under the state's medical malpractice laws, reports the Baton Rouge Advocate. At issue was language that included in the definition of malpractice, "problems that occur when transporting or monitoring patients as well as failure to attend to patients' personal hygiene," according to the Kaiser Daily Health

Access To Medical Records A Problem Many Patients Say

Posted on April 30, 2008
According to an article in USA TODAY, a common complaint among patients and families nationwide is, "It can be difficult to obtain medical records from hospitals and other treatment facilities after something goes wrong." In 2006, USA TODAY created a Patient Safety website (patientsafety...

Busy Week for Boston Med Mal Firm

Posted on March 09, 2008
Boston malpractice law firm Lubin & Meyer had two verdicts make headlines this week. Both are considered to be among the largest verdicts for 2008 in NH and MA respectively... MANCHESTER, NH ? (March 8, 2008) Blinded man awarded $1.75m via New Hampshire Union Leader "The failure of a Concord emergency room surgeon to stabilize an accident victim before surgery resulted in one of the largest jury

Massachusetts: Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose Doesn't Apply to Fraud Claim

Posted on March 02, 2008
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports that a lawsuit against a doctor and nurse can go forward..."A doctor and a nurse who allegedly falsified medical records to hide evidence of malpractice during the delivery of a child could be sued even though the seven-year statute of repose for medical negligence claims had run, the Appeals Court has ruled...

Rhode Island Considers Bill To Track Medical Mistakes

Posted on February 26, 2008
PROVIDENCE ? The Providence Journal reports today on legislation proposed in Rhode Island that will track medical errors."... state lawmakers from both parties, backed by much of the medical community, are proposing a system to investigate and track errors and close calls at hospitals and nursing homes, by creating a Patient Safety Organization...

Will Binding Arbitration Replace Med-Mal Lawsuits?

Posted on February 18, 2008
Found via Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report:"The use of binding arbitration, rather than the court system, to resolve medical malpractice claims has become more common, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. According to the Inquirer, supporters maintain that binding arbitration is "faster, cheaper and fairer than trials," but opponents "say the secretive system can be weighted against consumers" and it can be "harder to track complaints or build legal precedents" through arbitration...

Should I Sue? Examining the Complex Question and the Role Apologies Play in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on February 05, 2008
WBUR examines the medical apologies issue: On WBUR, a Boston NPR station, Radio Boston host David Boeri examines the topic of medical apologies. The February 1, 2008 show overview reads, "Some patients who have been harmed during medical procedures are opting not to sue, but to talk with the medical team responsible for the harm...

Operating Room Fall Causes Lawsuit in Massachusetts

Posted on January 31, 2008
A Massachusetts family has filed a lawsuit after a women falls off an operating table following hip surgery. According to an article in the Boston Globe, the woman "fell, buttocks first, through a gap in an orthopedic surgical table on Oct. 6 after a nurse removed a safety strap around her torso as medical staff prepared to transfer her to a hospital bed, according to an investigative report by the state Department of Public Health...

Insurance Department Issues Second Annual Ohio Medical Liability Closed Claim Report

Posted on January 22, 2008
COLUMBUS ? The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued its second annual Ohio Medical Liability Closed Claim Report, shows a total of 4,004 medical malpractice claims were closed in 2006. The average paid per claim was $288,080.Some key findings in the report include:Total Claims: 4,006 claims reported for 2006 by 93 entities...

Medical Errors: Informative Web Site

Posted on January 17, 2008
Bookmark this: A wealth of information related to Medical Errors & Patient Safety courtesy of the US government. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality web site with the mission of improving care and reducing errors...

State Roundup on Medical Malpractice Developments from Kaisernetwork.org

Posted on January 04, 2008
More from Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report's State Watch:"Indiana: The rates that physicians pay to participate in the state Patient's Compensation Fund will decrease by 19.1% next year, and the rates that hospitals pay will decrease by 1.3%, according to the Indiana Department of Insurance, the Indianapolis Star reports...

Defibrillation Shock Comes Too Late for Some in Hospitals

Posted on January 04, 2008
In Hospitals Do Not Deliver Defibrillation Shock Within Recommended Two Minutes in 30% of Cardiac Arrests, Study Finds, Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report today describes a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that..."70% of participants received defibrillation to restart their hearts within the recommended time of less than two minutes after their cardiac arrest, with a survival rate of 39%...

More on Medical Error Mea Culpas

Posted on January 04, 2008
This New York Times article written by Sandeep Jauhar, MD, is a personal account of a case trying to diagnose a man's chest pains. In the end he misses the diagnosis, but the patient keeps him as his cardiologist for his personal attention. It presents the physician's side of the medical error situation...

Looking At Causes of Medical Errors and How to Fix

Posted on December 12, 2007
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 ? Administrators of healthcare agencies are no-doubt familiar with the Institute of Medicine's much publicized report, To Err Is Human; Building a Safer Health System, which found that preventable medical errors account for at least 44,000 and possibly as high as 98,000 deaths each year...

Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Doctor's Liability Goes Beyond Patient

Posted on December 10, 2007
From The Boston Globe today: "BOSTON ? A doctor who failed to warn his patient about the potential side effects of medication can be held liable for the man's car crash that killed a 10-year-old boy, the state's highest court ruled Monday in the first such decision to make doctors responsible for harm to nonpatients...

Romney Raises Malpractice Caps As Campaign Issue

Posted on November 24, 2007
Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has raised the issue of medical malpractice caps as part of his campaign... Link here for more from The Associated Press.

Pennsylvania Jury Awards $3 Million for Sinus Infection Misdiagnosis

Posted on November 24, 2007
In today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Jury awards $3 million in malpractice suit for sinuses treated with steroids, not antibiotic...The case involved a woman who visited her family doctor's office, reporting having headaches and nasal discharge ? "symptoms consistent with a sinus infection," according to the report...

Massachusetts Jury Verdict - Medical Malpractice

Posted on November 24, 2007
The Lowell Sun reports on a case in Lowell Superior Court involving a woman who died 19 days after having surgery to remove ovarian cysts in a wrongful death lawsuit, calling it "one of the largest jury verdicts in the Merrimack Valley [Massachusetts]...

Ruling on Med Mal Caps: Award Limits Unconstitutional

Posted on November 14, 2007
The Chicago Tribune today reports on the controversy over limits on medical malpractice awards in the article: Judge rejects medical suit caps, Cook County ruling calls award limits unconstitutional...

Medical Malpractice News Roundup

Posted on November 02, 2007
From the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, a summary of recent developments to medical malpractice law in three states. Briefly,"Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Medical Society has asked state lawmakers to pass a bill sponsored by state Sen. Robert O'Leary (D) under which plaintiffs could not use statements of guilt or admissions of error by physicians as evidence in malpractice lawsuits, the Boston Globe reports...

Emotional Costs of Medical Errors - Patient, Family, Physician

Posted on October 30, 2007
An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine examines the issue of medical errors, in "Guilty, Afraid, and Alone ? Struggling with Medical Error," in its October 25, 2007 edition. Tom Delbanco, MD and Sigall K. Bell, MD, ask "How can we characterize and address the human dimensions of medical error so that patients, families, and clinicians may reach some degree of closure and move toward forgiveness?""In interviews that our group conducted for a documentary film, patients and families that had been affected by medical error illuminated a number of themes...

Pennsylvania: Is Medical Malpractice Crisis Over?

Posted on October 28, 2007
The jury is still out on this one, but Philadelphia's Bulletin just published an article titled, Critics Dispute Rendell's Assertion Malpractice Crisis?Has Come To End.A few facts:"Mr. Rendell, a Democrat who has vocally opposed Republican-led efforts to cap damage awards and lawyers' contingency fees in medical liability cases told reporters and health care experts at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia that a number of policy changes made since 2002 have contributed to a decline in medical malpractice litigation in the state...

Maine Jury Awards $8 Million Malpractice Award

Posted on October 28, 2007
The Boston Globe reports on October 25, 2007:AUBURN, Maine ? A jury Thursday awarded nearly $8 million to a brain-damaged 5-year-old boy and his mother in their medical malpractice lawsuit against a Lewiston hospital and one of its midwives. It is believed to be the largest malpractice award ever handed down in Androscoggin County Superior Court...

Massachusetts Jury Awards $26.5M Med Mal C-section delay

Posted on October 16, 2007
The Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports on October 12, 2007 that a Suffolk jury issues largest med-mal verdict of the year."In what appears to be the largest reported medical malpractice jury verdict of 2007, the jury found two doctors liable for the child?s condition, but a nurse defendant was found not negligent...

New Hampshire's Malpractice Screening Law and How it Works

Posted on October 15, 2007
This Boston Globe article looks at New Hampshire's medical malpractice screening panels and how they work."Medical malpractice screening panels were developed in the 1970s in response to complaints that claims were driving up insurance rates, forcing some doctors to give up their practices...

Kaiser's Medical Malpractice Resources

Posted on October 15, 2007
Medical Malpractice Law in the United States is a Kaiser Family Foundation report that provides an overview of the issues surrounding medical malpractice law, including the legal changes that states have made over the past 30 years in response to periodic concerns about rising medical malpractice costs; some newer proposals for changing medical malpractice law; and trend data for malpractice claims...

$16 Million Jury Award for Heart Attack Death Among Largest Medical Malpractice Verdicts in Connecticut

Posted on October 04, 2007
October 3, 2007 issue of Newsday reports: "BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A Superior Court jury has awarded more than $16 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack more than a decade ago, an attorney said."Defendants, the Stamford Medical Group, were accused of "failing to diagnose and treat his cardiac disease...

Medical Malpractice Claims Paid by State

Posted on September 20, 2007
The Kaiser Foundation maintains a web site, statehealthfacts.org, where it lists medical malpractice claims paid, by state for 2007. The data is presented for easy comparison, and can be sorted by state, or by number of claims paid, or number of paid claims per 1,000 active, non-federal physicians...